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China's Guardian Lions
Huge beasts, one male and one female, protect the entrances to palaces, temples, mansions, and other important buildings in China.
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November/December 2016
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Augustus Of Prima Porta
One of the most famous statues of Augustus is known as the Augustus of Prima Porta (right), named for the site where it was found. Prima Porta is the suburb of Rome where Augustus’ wife Livia built a huge house, known as a villa.
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November/December 2017
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Take A Look
Visual imagery— including statues, inscriptions, and paintings—carried deep meaning for the ancient Romans. In essence, it was a powerful and lasting way of communicating with the masses. Rulers of Rome often used art to make clear their authority to their subjects and to express political and religious beliefs and practices. Just as Augustus started a new political tradition when he became Rome’s first emperor, so he also re-imagined Roman art.
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November/December 2017
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According To Tacitus
The Roman historian Cornelius Tacitus (c. 55–117 C.E.) wrote a number of important works that offer an insight into life in the early Roman Empire. In his Annals, he presents a history of the emperors from the death of Augustus (14 C.E.) to the death of Nero (68 C.E.). But Tacitus did not just recount events. Rather, he included moral and political judgments about the people he highlighted.
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November/December 2017
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Livia's Magic Garden
Chilling out on a hot summer day in ancient Rome? For the emperor Augustus, his wife, Livia, and their friends, the ideal place was the dining room of Livia’s home at Prima Porta on the outskirts of the city.
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November/December 2017
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Not Always A Win
The Battle of Teutoburg Forest (as shown in this 1909 illustration) was fought when an alliance of German tribes ambushed and destroyed the three legions and their auxiliaries led by the Roman general Publius Quintilius Varus.
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November/December 2017
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You're The One!
In 27 B.C.E., Octavius, having saved Rome from civil war in the battle against Mark Antony and Cleopatra, was awarded the civic crown, a wreath made of oak leaves tied with a ribbon
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November/December 2017
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'Father Of Europe'
On December 25, in the year 800, the huge nave of St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome buzzed with Roman nobles, Frankish counts, and archbishops, bishops, abbots, and priests from many parts of Western Europe, all eager to witness an unprecedented event.
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January 2018
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Spreading The Word
Charlemagne was determined to carry out his ambitious educational and cultural agenda to reform and renew both the church and society. To achieve this goal, he issued a decree to bishops and abbots to create schools in every monastery and bishop’s residence for the sons of both serfs and freemen. He then instructed these schools to teach the boys psalms, music, math, and grammar and to provide the students with “correct Catholic books.” If new copies of the books were needed, Charlemagne decreed, “Let men of full age do the writing, with all diligence.”
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January 2018
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The Song Of Roland
In the centuries after Charlemagne’s death, the number of poems, legends, anecdotes, and tall tales about him multiplied at an increasing rate. Among the most popular were the chansons de geste (French for “Songs of Heroic Deeds”). One, the Song of Roland, is based on an expedition Charles made to Spain in 778 to help a Muslim ally in Saragossa against the emir of Cordoba. When Charles learned that the ally had already settled with the emir, he retreated.
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January 2018
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Worshiping Heaven
For almost 500 years, emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties offered sacrifices and prayers at the Temple of Heaven in Beijing.
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November/December 2016
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Peace Reigns
The news spread throughout Egypt—a new pharaoh, Ramses III, now sat on the throne.
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September 2017
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Problems To The East
Ramses III, the second king of Egypt’s 20th Dynasty, is viewed as Egypt’s last truly great pharaoh.
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September 2017
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The Successors
Following the death of Ramses III, eight pharaohs, all named Ramses, ruled Egypt.
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September 2017
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Stone Code
Hundreds of ships, led by the French general Napoleon Bonaparte, sailed from France in May 1798 on a secret mission.
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September 2017
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Up & Away!
Eclipse observers often face unexpected difficulties, sometimes on their way to their chosen sites and sometimes at a site itself.
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January 2017
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Edison's Eclipse Adventure
Thomas Edison (1847–1931) is the best-known inventor in American history.
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January 2017
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Digging Up Copernicus
The scientist “who made the Earth a planet” is how the Harvard-Smithsonian astronomer Owen Gingerich refers to Nicolaus Copernicus (1473–1543). Copernicus’ path breaking book, On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres,challenged the centuries-old belief that the Earth stood stationary at the center of the cosmos.
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January 2017
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Demosthenes & Cicero
Even today, more than 2,000 years after they lived, Demosthenes and Cicero are still considered two of history’s most outstanding orators.
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May/June 2017
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Confucius & Socrates
Some teachers are so inspirational that their influence lives on long after they die.
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May/June 2017
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Fire Magic
Think about fire—its flames and the light we see and the heat we feel. Think, too, about how fire can warm us and even burn down entire forests. We know that the process is a rapid chemical reactionin which oxygen molecules—two oxygen atoms bonded together—break apart, releasing energy, which we experience as the light and heat (see also pages 4–5). But to people in ages past, fire was mysterious, almost a living thing. And, some saw it as a link between the natural and the supernatural.
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July/August 2017
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Poisonous Matches
Some inventions do not have good consequences. Early matches sent sparks in all directions. Sometimes, the family home went up in flames when a person used a match to light a smoking pipe or a stove.
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July/August 2017
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Hot Books
One advantage of the digital age is that burning books does not destroy all the information on a subject. Historically, however, it was a surprisingly common practice for a government or a group to burn books that contained information with which it did not agree.
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July/August 2017
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Meet The Salamander
Make the Match - These salamanders look just like the one on page 22—but only one is an exact match? Can you spot it?
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July/August 2017
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Dezome-Shiki In Tokyo
Japan’s Tokyo Fire Department presents its New Year’s Parade of Firemen annually on January 6.
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July/August 2017
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Fantastic Fire Birds
After 500 years, the time had come. The old bird, gold and crimson and big as an eagle, gathered branches and fragrant herbs to make one final nest. The bird set the nest on fire and vanished in the flames. Buthen, from the ashes, a new young bird emerged, with its magic powers renewed. Bennu
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July/August 2017
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Middens
Archaeologists can discover a lot about ancient people by sifting through their garbage. “Midden” is the term that archaeologists use for an ancient trash heap, where all sorts of unwanted objects, from animal bones to broken dishes, were tossed. Some middens served a single household; others were created for entire communities. The contents provide invaluable information about prehistoric peoples, including the kinds of tools and utensils they used and the foods they ate.
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July/August 2017
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Tabulae Iliacae
Tabulae Iliacae refers to a series of 22 marble relief tablets that were found in Rome, each with scenes that depict events related to the Trojan War.
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October 2017
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Fiction Or Fact?
After the Greek hero Patroclus dies in battle, Achilles arranges a spectacular funeral for his close friend.
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October 2017
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The Queen's Grammar
Grammar might not be your favorite subject. All those rules about how language works—verb tenses and personal pronouns and direct objects— can seem unnecessary. Queen Isabel would have agreed with you, at least, at first. But Antonio de Nebrija, who considered grammar to be the “highest science,” would not have agreed.
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